본 연구는 넙치 치어 (평균 체장 13.3±1.6 cm, 평균 체중 25.6±3.7 g)를 수중 6가크롬에 10일간 0, 0.5,1.0, 2.0 mg L-1 의 농도로 노출시켜 독성영향 판단하기 위해 수행되었다. 넙치 hemoglobin과 hematocrit와 같은 혈액학적 성상은 수중 크롬노출에 의해 유의적으로 감소하였다. 혈장 무기성분인 calcium과 magnesium은 크롬노출에 의해 유의적인 변화는 나타나지 않았다. 혈장 무기성분인 glucose와 cholesterol과 같은 1.0 mg L-1 이상의 크롬노출에 의해 유의적으로 증가하였지만, total protein은 유의적인 변화는 나타나지 않았다. 혈장 효소성분인 AST, ALT, ALP는 크롬노출에 의해 유의적인 증가가 나타났다. 본 실험의 결과는 수중 크롬노출은 넙치의 혈액 및 혈장성분에 유의적인 변화를 유발하며, 이러한 지표 의 변화는 수중 크롬노출의 독성영향을 판단하는 주요한 지표가 될 것이다.

One of the trace constituents included in cement clinker, chromium, has become prominent and highly noticed lately as a social issue both inside and outside of this country because it affects the human body negatively. The purpose of the present study was to investigate leaching properties of water-soluble hexavalent chromium by different manufacturing conditions of cement clinker. Raw materials were prepared to add different SiO2, Al2O3 and Fe2O3 sources. After the raw materials, such as limestone, sand and clay, iron ore was pulverized and mixed, and the raw meal was burnt at 1450˚C in a furnace with an oxidizing atmosphere. Leaching of soluble hexavalent chromium showed a tendency to decrease with an increasing LSF and IM. However, leaching of soluble hexavalent chromium increased with an increasing S.M. Alkali contents of iron source minerals is closely related to the leaching properties of soluble hexavalent chromium. Green sludge has the highest content of alkali added; leaching of water-soluble hexavalent chromium was mostly high. In order to reduce the water-soluble hexavalent chromium in cement, reducing the alkali content in raw materials is important.

Since it was developed by Joseph Aspdin, cement has been a common construction materials up to the present time.However, there are trace constituents in cement clinker. One of the trace constituents included in cement clinker, chromium,has become prominent and highly noticed lately as a social issue both inside and outside of this country because it affects thehuman body negatively. The aim of the present study was to investigate the concentration of water-soluble hexavalent chromiumin cement clinker by using industrial by-products. For that reason, raw materials were prepared to add different SiO2 , Al2O3,and Fe2O3 sources. After the raw materials such as the limestone, the sand and the clay, iron ore was pulverized and mixed,and the raw meal was burnt at about 1450oC in a furnace with an oxidizing atmosphere. The part in the raw materials of theclinker was substituted with slag, sludge, etc. and this was used to manufacturing cement clinker. To investigate the water-soluble hexavalent chromium content in clinker, raw meal was prepared by changing the modulus, the type, and the contentof clinker materials and tested concentrations of hexavalent chromium in the clinkers. To determine Cr+6 formation of theclinker, tests were done with raw meals adding chromium by using different industrial by-products. Consequently because thechromium was to be included in the raw materials of the clinker, production of Portland cement clinker was included with thechromium. Also, the chromium was converted into hexavalent chromium in the burning process.

This study aimed at investigating the gene expression profile in basal ganglia of hexa-valence chromium exposed rat based on cDNA array analysis. For cDNA array, Sprague-Dawley male rats (300 ± 25 g) were administrated with 15 mg/kg B.W/day of potassium dichromate by gavage (0.3 ml) dissolved in saline for 10 days (n=5). For dose-related gene expression analysis, rats were administrated with 0, 1, 5 mg/kg B.W/day of potassium dichromate for 10 days. Control rats were administrated with equal volume of saline (n=5). For cDNA array analysis, RNA samples were extracted from brain tissue and reverse-transcribed in the presence of [α³²P]-dATP. Membrane sets of the Atlas array II and Toxicology array kits were hybridized with cDNA probe sets. RT-PCR and Northern blot hybridization methods were employed for validation and assessment of the dose-related gene expression profile, respectively. Among the 2352 cDNAs, 43 genes showed significant (>two-fold) changes in expression. 22 genes were up-regulated and 21 genes were down-regulated in the 15 mg/kg B.W/day hexa-valence chromium treated group than control. According to the Northern blot hybridization analysis, heat shock protein 47, neurodegeneration associated protein 1 and pituitary specific growth factor 1a genes were up-regulated, but Gamma-aminobutyl-acid a1 subunit, neuroligin2, brain calcium-transporting plasma membrane type ATPase genes were down-regulated even in the low-dose of hexa-valence chromium exposed group (1 mg/kg B.W/day) than control. Genes that detected in this study may be closely related to the hexa-valence chromium-induced neurotoxicity in the rat basal ganglia and addition study of these genes can give some more useful information about the neuro-toxic mechanism by hexa-valence chromium.

경상북도내의 금속광산, 공장 및 공업지역의 토양의 오염도를 조사하고 중금속 오염토양 중에 분포하는 미생물 flora의 정량적 평가를 위하여 청정지역인 독도토양과 비교한 결과, 일반세균의 경우 10~100배 낮은 분포율을 나타내었으며, 6가크롬 오염토양 중 곰팡이는 거의 검출되지 많았다. 방선균은 수은 오염토양의 경우 6.7X105~7.5X107 cfu g-1, 6가크롬 오염토양 내 방선균 수는 4.8X104~5.0

시멘트 내 6가 크롬은 피부질환이나 암을 유발할 수 있는 유해한 인체에 유해한 이온으로 잘 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 사람에게 영향을 주는 시멘트 내 6가 크롬의 정량적 분석을 하고자 시멘트 및 시멘트 경화체 내 6가 크롬의 고정화에 대해 평가하였다. 국내에서 생산되는 일반 포틀랜드 시멘트 3종과 플라이애쉬, 고로슬래그 미분말, 실리카퓸을 사용하여 수용성 및 산가용성 6가 크롬을 분광광도법으로 측정하였다. 측정결과, 시멘트 내 수용성 6가 크롬의 농도는 10.5-18.9 mg/kg-cement 범위였으며 혼화재료 내 수용성 6가 크롬의 양은 매우 적게 측정되었다. 시멘트 내 산가용성 6가 크롬의 농도는 172.4-318.2 mg/kg-cement 범위로 측정되었으며 수용성 6가 크롬에 비해 증가하였다. 그러나 크롬의 pH에 의존적인 용해 특성에 따라 용매의 pH가 저감된다고 하여 산가용성 6가 크롬의 농도가 항상 크게 측정되지는 않았다. 시멘트 수화 후 수용성 6가 크롬은 2.0 mg/kg-cement 정도로 감소하였으며 이는 크롬산-에트링게이트 생성에 의한 결과임을 확인할 수 있었다.

The effect of temperature on the removal process of Cr(VI) ion contained in wastewater by a precipitation method has been investigated for the improvement of its design and operation. The distribution diagram of chromium ion was constructed by employing the MINTEQ program and the quantitative feature of Cr(VI) depending on pH was investigated. As the temperature increases, the relative amount of H2CrO4 was examined to be raised and the pH range in which H2CrO4 exists as a stable form was also investigated to be extended according to the temperature. Cr(VI) ion was shown to be changed from HCrO4 − to Cr2O7 2− as the concentration of Cr(VI) ion is increased in the neutral pH condition and the concentration of Cr(VI) ion which is necessary for the ionic transformation was observed to rise in the acidic and alkaline conditions. The major reactant which involved in the reduction reaction for the removal of Cr(VI) ion was examined to be HCrO4 − and the reduction of Cr(VI) ion to Cr(III) ion was investigated to be influenced much by the temperature change at higher pH conditions. The reduction reaction of Cr(VI) ion for its removal as a precipitate was examined to be promoted as the temperature decreases and pH is lowered. In addition, the stable region of Cr(OH)3 was shown to be enlarged with temperature based on the thermodynamic estimation and it was thought to be necessary to design and control the precipitating process of Cr(VI) ion by considering the thermal characteristics of reduction and precipitation stage.

In a attempt to verify a reduction characteristic in leaching for hexavalent chromium from concrete structures, concrete specimens blended with Loess additive was exposed to sea environment followed by measuring the concentration of Hexavalent chromium from the specimens. Additional experiments with respect to basic properties of concrete with Loess additive were also performed. The entire results of experiments revealed that the reduction characteristic was predominant for concrete with Loess additive and basic properties of concrete with Loess additive were comparable to that of concrete with OPC.

유기탄소와 Cr(VI)와의 반응을 연구하여 위하여 컬럼 실험을 실시하였다. 컬럼 실험은 거름토의 유기탄소와 수용액 속의 Cr(VI)와의 반응 후 시간별로 채취한 컬럼의 유출수와 반응 후 컬럼에 남은 고체물질에 대하여 화학분석과 SEM 관찰을 실시하였다. 컬럼에 공급된 Cr(VI)은 초기 유출수에서는 검출되지 않다가 약 8 PV (pore volume) 후 급격한 농도 증가를 보이며 공급수의 농도(20 mg/kg)까지 높아져 본 실험 조건에서 초기에 유기탄소와 Cr(VI)과의 반응에 의하여 일정 기간 동안 제거됨을 보인다. 전반적으로 유출수에서 측정된 양이온과 음이온의 농도는 PO4를 제외하고 초기에 증가하였다가 시간이 지나면서 감소하는 경향을 보인다. 대부분의 이온들이 공급수에는 검출되진 않았거나 매우 낮은 농도임을 감안하면 이 이온들은 주로 유기탄소에서 유출된 것으로 판단된다. SEM 관찰결과 Cr은 유기탄소 표면에 Fe와 함께 공침되었음을 보이고 일부 침전물에 Mn, Ni, Co 등과 같은 금속들이 함께 함유되어있음을 보여준다. 이는 유기탄소 표면의 환원환경에서 Cr(VI)가 환원이 되어 Cr(OH)3로 침전되면서 Fe(OH)3와 같이 공침하였음을 보여주며 Fe의 존재가 Cr의 침전에 있어서 매우 중요함을 지시한다. 추후 용해성 Fe와 Mn과 같은 원소들이 더 이상 용출되지 않으면 Cr(VI)는 더 이상 침전 반응으로 제거되지 않는다. 다른 이온들과 달리 PO4의 경우 초기 유출수에서 감소를 보이고 추후에 농도가 증가하는데 이는 유기탄소에 포함되어 있던 PO4가 유출된 후에 Cr과 Fe의 침전물에 효과적으로 흡착이 되고 침전물이 더 이상 생성되지 않게 되면 원래 유기탄소로부터 용해되어 나온 PO4의 농도로 회귀되어 일정한 값을 보이는 것으로 생각된다.

We investigated usefulness of chicken feather as bioadsorbent for removal of hexavalent chromium[Cr(Ⅵ)] and oil from aqueous solution. Chicken feather was chemically treated with DTPA, EDTA, NaOH and SDS, respectively. Among them, EDTA was the most effective in adsorbing Cr(Ⅵ). Cr(Ⅵ) uptake by chicken feather was increased with decreasing pH; the highest Cr(Ⅵ) uptake was observed at pH 2.0. By increasing Cr(Ⅵ) concentration, Cr(Ⅵ) uptake was increased, and maximum Cr(Ⅵ) uptake was 0.34 mmol/g. Cr(Ⅵ) adsorption by chicken feather was well described by Freundlich isotherm than Langmuir isotherm and Freundlich constant(1/n) was 0.476. As the concentration of chicken feather was increased, Cr (Ⅵ) removal efficiency was increased but Cr(Ⅵ) uptake was decreased. Most of Cr(Ⅵ) was adsorbed at early reaction stage(1 h) and adsorption equilibrium was established at 5 h. On the other hand, chicken feather adsorbed effectively oils including bunker-A and bunker-C. In conclusion, our results suggest that chicken feather waste could be used to remove heavy metal and oil; it is a potential candidate for biosorption material.